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Roberto Orci

Bio

ROBERTO ORCI & ALEX KURTZMAN are longtime collaborators and creative visionaries who began their work together as innovative storytellers in a Los Angeles-area high school. Separately penning original adventure tales and making ambitious home movies, they soon joined forces and dreamed of one day bringing their movies to a mass audience. Last summer saw the realization of that dream with “Transformers,â€� a live-action adaptation of the popular animated series that went on to gross over $700 million worldwide. The pair recently wrote the sequel “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,â€� along with scribe Ehren Kruger, which will be released at the end of June, 2009. Inspired by Spielbergian action-adventure films that emphasize story, Kurtzman and Orci reunited after college to write for the popular television series “Herculesâ€� and “Xena: Warrior Princess,â€� where they quickly became head writers at the age of 23. In 2003, Kurtzman and Orci were approached to write for J.J. Abrams’ wildly popular television spy thriller “Alias,â€� and eventually ascended to be executive producers of the show. In 2006, the duo re-teamed with Abrams to write the third installment of the “Mission: Impossibleâ€� franchise starring Tom Cruise as super-agent Ethan Hunt, which was embraced by critics for adding depth and humanity to the series and grossed over $397 million worldwide. Prior to “Mission: Impossible III,â€� Kurtzman and Orci made a splash with the sci-fi thriller “The Island,â€� their feature film debut helmed by Michael Bay. Late 2005 saw the release of “The Legend of Zorroâ€� starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas. Kurtzman and Orci also created the new FOX drama “Fringeâ€� with Abrams. The show stars Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson and John Noble, and is a breakout hit. In addition to their writing projects, Kurtzman and Orci are producing a continually growing slate of movies through their K/O shingle at DreamWorks. They recently produced their first picture, D.J. Caruso’s “Eagle Eye,â€� starring Shia LaBeouf and Michelle Monaghan. The film has grossed almost $150 million worldwide. Additionally, they are producing “The Proposalâ€� (starring Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds), “Cowboys and Aliens,â€� “Nightlife,â€� “Deep Sea Cowboysâ€� and “Atlantis Rising.â€� They are also producing “28th Amendmentâ€� for Warner Bros. Following the success of “Transformersâ€� and their other endeavors, Kurtzman and Orci are using their position in the entertainment industry to nurture other young writers and help them find their individual voices through a unique deal with DreamWorks and Paramount in which the team is producing their own material, as well as developing the projects of other writers.

Writer- Job Description

A general term for someone who creates a written work, be it a novel, script, screenplay, or teleplay.